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Originally Posted by Rizla
Judging purely by the recommendations in this thread, it appears that most good self-pub gets picked up by traditional publishing eventually.
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Only sometimes. Some (Konrath, Eisler) have left the trad pubs and are now indies completely. Some only do print contracts with the trad pubs (Howey) because self-publishing has an advantage for e-books but trad publishing has a HUGE advantage for print publication distribution. Some go all-in with the trad pubs because they don't want to deal with production anymore (and can afford it - Hocking).
I know there are many more that haven't gone trad pub at all though (the others in my list earlier for example). They just don't normally get the press that the ones who have been recruited do.